26
April
Sunday
08:00
About this event
outdoorThe first time I had to cross Bogotá by bike from south to north, about twelve years ago, I ended up pushing the steel frame along a sidewalk on the Caracas bec
outdoorBogotá sits at 2,640 meters above sea level and less than an hour by car from sandstone walls like those of Suesca. That combination — altitude, nearby rock and
History & HeritageTeusaquillo is one of those neighborhoods where time seems to move more slowly. Its brick houses, tree-lined streets and English- and republican-style façades t
History & HeritageIn Bogotá, there's a corner where the noise of traffic on Carrera 7 fades away and gives way to another city. Here, brick houses adorned with front gardens, nar
Art & CultureKennedy is not just a bedroom community. It is the most populous locality in Bogotá, with more than a million inhabitants, and its market plaza —known simply as
FestivalsOn any given Saturday in Kennedy there is more cultural activity than in many tourist circuits of La Candelaria, and almost nobody talks about it. While officia
Art & CultureIn 1995, when Bogotá still thought of itself with its back turned to rock, a handful of cultural managers convinced the then Instituto Distrital de Cultura y Tu
History & HeritageBefore the city fully wakes up, Carrera 10 is already full of handcarts. The porters unload bundles from the trucks arriving from Soacha, from Facatativá, from
History & HeritageIn Suba and Engativá, bread isn't bought when you're hungry: it's bought while it's still warm. At 4:30 in the morning, when the cold of the savanna creeps up y
History & HeritageSuba is not just the Juan Amarillo wetland or the largest shopping mall in the city. For those who walk, Suba is above all a terrain: a locality that rises from
